Leader's Approval Holds Steady At 8% In Brazil

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October 20, 1999

BRASILIA, Brazil - The slide in President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's support has stopped but his popularity remains at a record low as voters overwhelmingly oppose his drive to raise pension payments, a poll showed Tuesday. The survey by the Vox Populi agency found that Cardoso's approval rating stood at 8 percent in October, unchanged from a month earlier. The president's popularity has slumped since a January currency devaluation, his support sapped by a sluggish economy and high unemployment. The Oct. 9-10 poll of 2,001 people had a margin of error of 3 percent.